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Purple and White ... WSU Basketball team starts the season with a bang! See Sports page 10 Friday, November 7, 1997 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 24 J Jit ? ?: i J f 1 JW MOT Mt "" ')-rr"-"i U ''ft1 ! Honduran asks for help. . . Poverty, conflict in Central America worsens daily By Angela VVadman news editor-The Signpost For more than 20 years, Elvia Alvarado has been an organizer for peasants and peasants' rights. Alvarado depicts the horrendous lifestyle that the peasant Hondurans live. The head of International Relations for the Union workers, Alvarado spoke on the fight for land and liberty in Central America. "A peasant woman daily dies in the mountains;. .we have no support from the government. Each day, we become poorer and poorer. We don't have any support from anyone," Alvarado said. The good land is mostly occupied by foreign companies, she said. "They completely destroyed all of our harvest. .especially our coffee sup-ply."The United States has taken some of the land to construct a U.S. air force base. "They closed down four different business to build the air force base. Why do we want American soldiers in our country? We are not at war with anyone," she said. "Us, the peasants have the worst land in Honduras. The best land is owned. We take our land because of our struggles. Everyday, we struggle to fight to regain our territory," Alvarado said. The national companies export thousands and thousands of crops toward other nations. "The cattle are Pay parking lot adds By Taylor S. Fielding managing editor-The Signpost By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost Flexibility has become another attribute for the pay-parking lot at Weber State University. The addition of chain gates that can be used to enlarge or shrink the size of the pay-parking lot were put into place Wednesday morning. The pay lot, designed to accommodate the needs of visitors, such as prospective students, without impacting other campus parking lots opened earlier this quarter. A reduction in the amount of spaces available for those who buy parking permits, President Paul H.Thompson said, was a major concern during the lot's construction."They tried to balance the need to find access for people who are inside post editorial ..... see page 4 Elvia Alvarado very fat. They don't even leave the guts for us. They are not regarding us as a people and what we are going to live on," Alvarado said. . "This is a message for the people not for the president. The American government already knows what is going on," she added. Alvarado tells her life story as a courageous activist in her book, "Don't Be Afraid Gringo." Due to her activation of trying to organize women's groups to combat malnutrition, improve situations of poverty, and conflict, the Honduran government has tortured, jailed, and harassed her. Alvarado said the last time she See Poverty page 8 WSU Parking I c Update I i " i Signpost continuing series coming to use the Student Services Center use the bookstore or the student union building for a half hour or an hour," he said, "with the people who have bought a parking tag and want to park in A-10." Thompson said the designers feel they have designed a parking lot with a capacity that is just right. "For the short term it is a little too large so they have cut it back," he said. "They have freed up an additional 50 spaces for regular parking."This issue made its way onto the agenda for Wednesday's arts and entertainment . Pill: ' '"ir : : ; fc: fill 1 'SJ ' It's pure rubber Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband dazzled students with their musical talents at the Lair. Essential resource needs By Gary Boyle news writer-The Signpost Water, according to panelists, is dammed up by log rolls. "We can't go into the 21st century with a 19th century water policy," Dr. Dan McCool of the University of Utah said. "What worked great in the old West, doesn't work in the new West" Joining McCool was Weber State University zoology professor Dr. Dwayne Meadows. flexibility President's Council meeting. "Mostly we talked about people driving on the sidewalks," Thompson said. "In addition to that, I asked for a progress report on the pay lot, and they indicated they had found that they perhaps had a little more space in the pay lot than they needed. It's actually flexible; there may be some days of the week when they need to use all the space and they may extend it to the full area, but most days they don't." The new chain gates were actually put into place before the President's Council met, though, Weber State Police Captain Roger Johnson said. The President's Council agreed with the action. Johnson said if there is a big conference or other events that will bring large numbers of visitors to the WSU campus, the gates will be moved early in the morning before classes start. see page 6 SpOftS ... see page 10 neWS. . . seepage 2 &3 What started out as assistance to farmers, according to panelists, water rights have now become government funded corporate subsidies. "In Utah, 85 percent of water goes into agriculture," McCool said. "But agriculture only accounts for two percent of the state's economy." According to McCool, water rights are prior operation. If a person finds a more efficient way to use water, that person loses the water saved. "It is a system designed to maximize waste and indeed it does," McCool to the growing WSU "On a daily basis, when it doesn't look like it the pay lot will fill up, we'll make the lot smaller," he said. The gates on the west side of the lot allow the western-most row of parking spots to be used by those holding A-1 0 permits when there is not need for a large pay-parking lot. The handicapped stalls have also been moved to this parking area. "People who were trying to get out of their car and into a wheelchair were finding it hard for them to do," Thompson said. The slope where the spaces were, he said, necessitated the change. The availability of additional spaces is supported by several throughout the campus. "It works It gives people with dccals a place to park when we don't need the space," Johnson said. "We'll continue the process conservation said. The proposed water projects in Utah could cost taxpayers approximately $300 million. According to McCool, pork barrel politics and congressional log rolling perpetuate the problem. Log rolling is when congressional members trade votes. "I'll vote for your unnecessary water system if you'll vote for my silly irrigation project," McCool said, describing the log rolling process. See Water page 9 until the pay lot is full on a continual basis." Johnson said the police department continues to encourage those attending conferences at WSU to park at the Dee Events Center and ride the shuttle bus. ' "Some people just won't use the shuttle, so they can pay and park in the pay lot," he said. With enough notice, Johnson said he can schedule enough drivers to have all five shuttle buses running on days when large conferences and other events are being held on campus. Such a situation arose Wednesday, when several events were being held on campus, and all five shuttles were being run, with Johnson in the driver's seat of one of the shuttles. In other pay lot news, validations have become available to all See Pay lot page 9 Classifieds . . . see page 16

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Purple and White ... WSU Basketball team starts the season with a bang! See Sports page 10 Friday, November 7, 1997 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 24 J Jit ? ?: i J f 1 JW MOT Mt "" ')-rr"-"i U ''ft1 ! Honduran asks for help. . . Poverty, conflict in Central America worsens daily By Angela VVadman news editor-The Signpost For more than 20 years, Elvia Alvarado has been an organizer for peasants and peasants' rights. Alvarado depicts the horrendous lifestyle that the peasant Hondurans live. The head of International Relations for the Union workers, Alvarado spoke on the fight for land and liberty in Central America. "A peasant woman daily dies in the mountains;. .we have no support from the government. Each day, we become poorer and poorer. We don't have any support from anyone," Alvarado said. The good land is mostly occupied by foreign companies, she said. "They completely destroyed all of our harvest. .especially our coffee sup-ply."The United States has taken some of the land to construct a U.S. air force base. "They closed down four different business to build the air force base. Why do we want American soldiers in our country? We are not at war with anyone," she said. "Us, the peasants have the worst land in Honduras. The best land is owned. We take our land because of our struggles. Everyday, we struggle to fight to regain our territory," Alvarado said. The national companies export thousands and thousands of crops toward other nations. "The cattle are Pay parking lot adds By Taylor S. Fielding managing editor-The Signpost By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost Flexibility has become another attribute for the pay-parking lot at Weber State University. The addition of chain gates that can be used to enlarge or shrink the size of the pay-parking lot were put into place Wednesday morning. The pay lot, designed to accommodate the needs of visitors, such as prospective students, without impacting other campus parking lots opened earlier this quarter. A reduction in the amount of spaces available for those who buy parking permits, President Paul H.Thompson said, was a major concern during the lot's construction."They tried to balance the need to find access for people who are inside post editorial ..... see page 4 Elvia Alvarado very fat. They don't even leave the guts for us. They are not regarding us as a people and what we are going to live on," Alvarado said. . "This is a message for the people not for the president. The American government already knows what is going on," she added. Alvarado tells her life story as a courageous activist in her book, "Don't Be Afraid Gringo." Due to her activation of trying to organize women's groups to combat malnutrition, improve situations of poverty, and conflict, the Honduran government has tortured, jailed, and harassed her. Alvarado said the last time she See Poverty page 8 WSU Parking I c Update I i " i Signpost continuing series coming to use the Student Services Center use the bookstore or the student union building for a half hour or an hour," he said, "with the people who have bought a parking tag and want to park in A-10." Thompson said the designers feel they have designed a parking lot with a capacity that is just right. "For the short term it is a little too large so they have cut it back," he said. "They have freed up an additional 50 spaces for regular parking."This issue made its way onto the agenda for Wednesday's arts and entertainment . Pill: ' '"ir : : ; fc: fill 1 'SJ ' It's pure rubber Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband dazzled students with their musical talents at the Lair. Essential resource needs By Gary Boyle news writer-The Signpost Water, according to panelists, is dammed up by log rolls. "We can't go into the 21st century with a 19th century water policy," Dr. Dan McCool of the University of Utah said. "What worked great in the old West, doesn't work in the new West" Joining McCool was Weber State University zoology professor Dr. Dwayne Meadows. flexibility President's Council meeting. "Mostly we talked about people driving on the sidewalks," Thompson said. "In addition to that, I asked for a progress report on the pay lot, and they indicated they had found that they perhaps had a little more space in the pay lot than they needed. It's actually flexible; there may be some days of the week when they need to use all the space and they may extend it to the full area, but most days they don't." The new chain gates were actually put into place before the President's Council met, though, Weber State Police Captain Roger Johnson said. The President's Council agreed with the action. Johnson said if there is a big conference or other events that will bring large numbers of visitors to the WSU campus, the gates will be moved early in the morning before classes start. see page 6 SpOftS ... see page 10 neWS. . . seepage 2 &3 What started out as assistance to farmers, according to panelists, water rights have now become government funded corporate subsidies. "In Utah, 85 percent of water goes into agriculture," McCool said. "But agriculture only accounts for two percent of the state's economy." According to McCool, water rights are prior operation. If a person finds a more efficient way to use water, that person loses the water saved. "It is a system designed to maximize waste and indeed it does," McCool to the growing WSU "On a daily basis, when it doesn't look like it the pay lot will fill up, we'll make the lot smaller," he said. The gates on the west side of the lot allow the western-most row of parking spots to be used by those holding A-1 0 permits when there is not need for a large pay-parking lot. The handicapped stalls have also been moved to this parking area. "People who were trying to get out of their car and into a wheelchair were finding it hard for them to do," Thompson said. The slope where the spaces were, he said, necessitated the change. The availability of additional spaces is supported by several throughout the campus. "It works It gives people with dccals a place to park when we don't need the space," Johnson said. "We'll continue the process conservation said. The proposed water projects in Utah could cost taxpayers approximately $300 million. According to McCool, pork barrel politics and congressional log rolling perpetuate the problem. Log rolling is when congressional members trade votes. "I'll vote for your unnecessary water system if you'll vote for my silly irrigation project," McCool said, describing the log rolling process. See Water page 9 until the pay lot is full on a continual basis." Johnson said the police department continues to encourage those attending conferences at WSU to park at the Dee Events Center and ride the shuttle bus. ' "Some people just won't use the shuttle, so they can pay and park in the pay lot," he said. With enough notice, Johnson said he can schedule enough drivers to have all five shuttle buses running on days when large conferences and other events are being held on campus. Such a situation arose Wednesday, when several events were being held on campus, and all five shuttles were being run, with Johnson in the driver's seat of one of the shuttles. In other pay lot news, validations have become available to all See Pay lot page 9 Classifieds . . . see page 16